Three thrillers, three varieties of worry — from post-apocalyptic grief to digital dread and real-world horror, this week’s picks remind us that escape isn’t at all times comforting. Sometimes, it’s confronting. Whether it’s the contaminated, the haunted, or the hyper-online — every story hits a nerve, lingers, and leaves you modified.
Apocalypse voyeurism
Escape used to imply fantasy — superpowers, track and dance, pleased endings, the works. Now it’s live-streaming the zombie apocalypse and considering, thank God it’s not right here but. Let’s simply hope the finale drops earlier than the zombies drop by. I’m speaking about The Last of Us — so bleak, it makes Mumbai visitors and low battery really feel like blessings. No clickers, no bloaters, no fireflies — simply good previous mosquitoes, hire and GST. The present’s first season blew up, because of the eponymous recreation’s cult following, and followers embraced Pedro Pascal’s brooding take — incomes him full Zaddy standing. The present is thought for brutal realism, the place each character arc feels prefer it’s most likely going to be lower quick to a cameo. And this week, it topped its personal physique rely with an enormous dying, and we would not recover from it. Episode 2 of the present’s second season, directed by Mark Mylod, (who additionally directed that lengthy take huge dying episode in Succession), dropped with a 9.5 on IMDb.
The huge second lands like a sledge hammer to the face. You brace your self however it’s nonetheless going to smash. Game followers knew this was coming, and, to their credit score, most saved it to themselves. But some of you simply needed to tweet. You don’t need to mourn with memes, preserve it to your self. Still, this wasn’t only a shock worth dying. It’s a pivot. A ‘nothing will be the same’ second that opens up the present to the themes recreation followers are accustomed to. So for those who haven’t began The Last of Us Season 2, get out of your bunker, take an opportunity, on JioStar.
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Babil Khan in Logout
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A principally, one-actor movie, with out clichés, is not any small feat. But Logout pulls it off. Babil Khan brings flashes of the legendary Irrfan, grounding a social-media thriller with actual emotion. Influencers in films are often narcissistic dopamine addicts, however right here, he’s simply human. Obsessed, however grounded; sensible, but flawed. Shaded with the darkish and the sunshine and the greys, minus the cliches we discover on this area. TVF’s Biswapati Sarkar and director Amit Golani deliver a lean, no-fat thriller that’s sensible, tense, and surprisingly tight.
Now streaming on Zee5.
Fear issue
A nonetheless from Smita Singh’s Khauf
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Smita Singh’s Khauf is horror rooted in actuality — a haunted hostel in post-Nirbhaya Delhi, echoing trauma and fact. Trigger warning: it offers with sexual assault and its lasting shadow. This horror doesn’t conceal below the mattress. It holds up a mirror — disturbing, uncooked, and onerous to shake off. It will not be a feel-good watch, however a vital one. The final present you watch to flee. Now streaming on Prime Video.
Alert: Rajkumar Santoshi’s Andaz Apna Apna starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor and Paresh Rawal amongst others, re-releases within the cinemas on Friday. Do catch the unique chat on the comedy basic with movie critic Raja Sen solely on FOMO Fix on-line.
From the most popular exhibits to hidden gems, missed classics to responsible pleasures, FOMO Fix is a fortnightly compass by means of the chaos of content material. Expect well timed suggestions, spoiler-free insights, and an sincere heads-up on what to not miss.
Published – April 25, 2025 03:09 pm IST
